There will be apartment buildings and shops in the places of the Vilnius garage massifs, and a camp will appear

“Most of the time it’s about residential construction, services, commerce. Everything the city needs to function,” he said Monday on the “Delphi Theme” show.

As is known, this summer the municipality called on residents to move their garages, which are illegally on public or private land. At the beginning of November, about 4.3 thousand. or about 40 percent. of all garages.

“The city is committed to reaching the municipal limits, where there are massifs and they are moving in an orderly manner, to finish and finish. T. and. fix the garage pits, level the ground, remove it if there is rubbish left, ”said Gintautas Runovičius, head of the municipal department for urban management and environmental protection, who also participated in the fair.

He said that about a third of garage owners have not taken any action so far, even though the deadline to move them has already expired on September 30.

“Lawsuits can also wait for those who do not. There is a legal group in the municipality that has already begun to go to court for some masses. The court will be obliged to manage, and then there will be other ways, but the court will talk about that ”, said the interlocutor.

A unique legacy

R. Matonienė said that both metal garage masks and garden communities are a unique part of the urban fabric of post-Soviet cities.

“It is true that we can still find garden communities in German cities. Our architects in Soviet times probably borrowed that idea from there. Although in Germany garden communities did not become residential neighborhoods, and with us they do and we have a big problem with these urban formations, which have now become part of the city ”, he pointed out.

The architect described the garages as a vestige of urbanism.

“It originated in Soviet times, when everything was distributed free of charge through various organizations: a garden plot, a place for a garage,” he said. – In this way, those huge areas built with metal garages were formed near residential areas.

But even then, everyone knew that it was a temporary building for 3 years, that in no way could it become an eternal place to store a car, for which you don’t even pay taxes.

Two directions

R. Matonienė taught that it has also long been clear that these matrices must change.

“For many years, these areas have been considered areas of future development in urban planning documents. They all took two different directions: some were planned to return the property to the former owners, especially in the apartment districts, Karoliniškės, Fabijoniškės, Pašilaičiai, Pilaitė, where the owners had a lot of land before the war, where the territories have been transferred or are still being transferred to the owners.

Other areas where there was no return of property were planned differently. For example, in the set of garages in the Pavilniai Regional Park, the city will take care of them and return them to their natural state. The massifs will be destroyed, the forest will be restored, and there may be urban units for the maintenance of parks, camps and information centers, ”said the representative of the municipality.

He explained that these areas will serve to compact the city.

“The municipality practically does not administer the land in the city, it only administers where there are municipal public spaces or institutions that provide social and other services. All land is managed and supervised through the National Land Service.

By the way, probably the first example where the garage matrix was destroyed is the south turnoff of the city, the current Ikea area. There was a time when there were 1.2 thousand. garages that have been successfully transformed into a supermarket, parking lots, park.

The area was revived and decorated the atmosphere of the airport. Now when the planes take off, we don’t see a large colorful area of ​​gold metal garages, but a normal urban infrastructure, ”he said.

Houses in one place, camping in another

R. Matonienė said that in the southern part of the city and in the Pavilniai Regional Park, some garage massifs are surrounded by forests or within the limits of the park management. They are planned to be transformed into green areas.

“At that time, most of the areas near the apartment buildings are planned for property restitution. For example, a detailed plan is currently being prepared for the garage complex near Pilait prepa. It is the only area of ​​this size that remains in the city, reserved for the appearance of public facilities.

These could be certain bodies necessary for the development of the Ministries of Health, Social Affairs and Labor. For example, the new departments of the Employment Service may want to move from the old town to more convenient places for citizens.

Other sets of garages are small and can be restored to restore public space. We are already receiving suggestions from neighbors about what could happen in one place or another, “said the interlocutor.

The architect also highlighted a large variety of garages near Karoliniškės, Sietyno Street.

“It just came to our attention then. We intend to find a place for extreme sports enthusiasts there. Because it is far from residential, it would not make any noise, while still being close to the Western Bypass.

We are thinking of leaving some garage relics as an identity during a certain period of life, to incorporate them into the territory. It would be possible to show young people who have not seen those buildings what they are like, ”he said.

R. Matonienė also pointed out that in the so-called Pašilaičiai communal area practically all the territory is private.

“There are only a few areas left that could become state or municipal land. These areas have been planned and handed over to the owners for a long time. Territorial redevelopment is already underway there and will become a normal part of the fabric of the city, a residential area with good infrastructure, transportation, etc. It will fill up fairly quickly, “predicted the municipal representative.